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acquérir sur

French to English translations [PRO]Bus/Financial / express shipping service

French term or phrase:acquérir sur

I'm not sure what this sentence means: "Les specialists du deferred s'emploient à acquérir une vraie offre sur l'express, et inversement." This is about a shipping company that offers both deferred and express delivery. Here's the context:

Explanation: acquerir une offre...BUT
the paragraph explains the market will be dominated by buy outs of smaller companies by larger companies...The deferred players will buy out the smaller express players and the express players will buy out the smaller deferred players.

Therefore, I think: acquerir une offre means the deferred delivery companies are considering serious offers of acquisition ie buyouts ie they will sell to the right express companies who are buyers...

If A makes an offer to B, and B says it will "acquire the offer", that means, it agrees to be bought out, Right?

You're right! Because there were two possible interpretations of this sentence, I thought it best to ask the client - and they client confirmed Jane's interpretation. Thanks very much, Karen4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

That fits in with the idea of concentration (specialists will become generalists) and standardization of the available goods and services (everybody will offer both deferred and express).
And Happy New Year in Paris, you lucky dog!

Explanation: acquerir une offre...BUT
the paragraph explains the market will be dominated by buy outs of smaller companies by larger companies...The deferred players will buy out the smaller express players and the express players will buy out the smaller deferred players.

Therefore, I think: acquerir une offre means the deferred delivery companies are considering serious offers of acquisition ie buyouts ie they will sell to the right express companies who are buyers...

If A makes an offer to B, and B says it will "acquire the offer", that means, it agrees to be bought out, Right?

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